Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1869 — A Tale of a Cat. [ARTICLE]

A Tale of a Cat.

A suonr time sinue a man cut down a ire* on the premises ot Mr. Augustus Prudhon of this Township. In the hollow of-JUrf treq was found a nest erf young squirrels. Tho squirrels, which had not their eyes, were taken to thehouse as a curiosity for the yoqng folks. A tmt was on the premises at the time with a lister of kittens about the age of the sqjpirele, and it was suggested that tl*ep a good opportunity presented itself to p'uy A practical joke on Madame Puss. Threfc of the kittens were seht to th&t boju-ne from which no luckless kitten retufni, and three ot the o'rphhnea stihirtels were put in their place, Strangely enough the old cat did not seem to discover the deception practiced upon her, but tooffwerfoundlings and nursed and jetted 51 them ns fondly os if they were genuine, fellas®. As her adopted children grew in ' stymie and began to exhibit a decidedly squfrfc sl-Uke appearance, Madame Puss f thought she “ smelt a mice’.’ about those stsaifaet wayward children of hers, bat just where the point tp the joke was hid-, dej.liar in ’ What particular >‘clftuse ■ of .the laws of cat-dom was fodUl * i precedent lor. such busliy.tailed kittens, were mysteries which beat lIU-Old CM.- As they griw rider she m vain to initiate them into the mysSenhr.of hunting ( but alas! the way want wards wore all unmindful of that rarest of S»nce'en3eil,*&,t ?r ! iKJMJMB' to N|*ua and, they are now eagod at the buflarfl saloon, whihr their eveanar bis-* tory is being woven into this singular tale of a cat.— Nashua, Pont, • *